The Cottage, 10 Front Street, Birstall (Grade II)

Cottage, possibly formerly 3 dwellings. Late C16 or early C17 core. Rough cast render over timberframe. Welsh slate roof with cresting. Gable on to street. 2 storeys, and now a 3 unit plan, with 1 bay to right of door. The fenestration is largely C20, with a squared bay window to right and a 5 light slightly projecting window at left hand end of elevation, with a French window and a 3 light casement to the middle bay. 3 upper casement windows and a dormer with glazed gablet. Gable end and one axial stack, which projects through the slope of the roof, rather than from the ridge. In the right hand gable wall , part of the roof truss is visible. Inside, much of the timberwork survives. Beamed ceilings to ground floor with chamfered spine beam in central bay, and timbered partition walls. Wall plate and main trusses and partitions visible upstairs.